Wacky Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 There’s a guy cutting aboot at work singing Christmas songs. We’re only half way through November and he’s belting them oot. In my bah humbug mind this shouldn’t be happening until December 1st at the very earliest. Don’t get me wrong here, I ignore my hypocrisy and join in with the festive spirit, but this surely has to be too early? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Wacky said: There’s a guy cutting aboot at work singing Christmas songs. We’re only half way through November and he’s belting them oot. In my bah humbug mind this shouldn’t be happening until December 1st at the very earliest. Don’t get me wrong here, I ignore my hypocrisy and join in with the festive spirit, but this surely has to be too early? ^^^ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 I bought a Christmas bathroom set complete with Santa toilet seat cover at the weekend. It's not touching the porcelain until December. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 I genuinely feel sore for shop staff. Was in Asda on Monday and they had Christmas music over the tannoy, I would be ready to kill by the start of Advent if I had to listen to that every day at work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, MEADOWXI said: I genuinely feel sore for shop staff. Was in Asda on Monday and they had Christmas music over the tannoy, I would be ready to kill by the start of Advent my next shift if I had to listen to that every day at work. FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 I support a guy along to a special needs group on a Friday, they have a Karaoke at it and the first Christmas songs were sung last week. The chap has a strong focus on Christmas and we try telling him not to mention it till December. He has been know to go up to random people in the street and wish them ‘Happy Christmas when it comes!’ In July. It now seems as soon as Halloween has been and gone that shops start bringing out their Christmas stuff. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 I start singing thus about July tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 8 hours ago, MEADOWXI said: I genuinely feel sore for shop staff. Was in Asda on Monday and they had Christmas music over the tannoy, I would be ready to kill by the start of Advent if I had to listen to that every day at work. My first paid job was during the Christmas period at What Everyone Wants, a notoriously tight company who sent out a twelve track CD to be played in store on a loop for a couple of months. I didn't even work there full-time, but I could still tell you which songs were on that fucking disc, and to this day I occasionally get some mild panic when I hear one of them, not to mention the confusion when it isn't followed by the next song on the WEW playlist. I'd imagine the rest of my co-workers are now kept in some kind of silent care facility in case the opening bars of Wonderful Christmastime causes them to start killing again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Foot Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) The only thing more annoying than hearing Christmas songs before December is hearing people complain about hearing Christmas songs before December. “Och it keeps getting earlier every year” Edited November 16, 2023 by The Other Foot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 6 hours ago, Dunfermline Don said: It now seems as soon as Halloween has been and gone that shops start bringing out their Christmas stuff. I thought it was a bit later this year, as I didn't see any Christmas things until we'd hit September. One place I worked at sold packs of charity Christmas cards, and they'd always arrive at the end of July to go out on display on the 1st of August. Sounded mental, but they'd disappear immediately - they'd send us the sales figures for each week, and the first week in August always had the highest sales for the cards, by a fair distance. I guess more people than you'd imagine are quite happy with the extended consumer holiday season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 9 hours ago, MEADOWXI said: I genuinely feel sore for shop staff. Was in Asda on Monday and they had Christmas music over the tannoy, I would be ready to kill by the start of Advent if I had to listen to that every day at work. I used to bagpack at supermarkets almost every day during the festive school holidays and the Xmas music on repeat drove me around the bend 25 years ago. More so now seeing as 90% of the current songs are still the same ones. 'Last Christmas' by Wham! is by far the worst for bringing back the PTSD, closely followed by 'Merry Christmas Everyone', particularly the intro. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, BFTD said: My first paid job was during the Christmas period at What Everyone Wants, a notoriously tight company who sent out a twelve track CD to be played in store on a loop for a couple of months. I didn't even work there full-time, but I could still tell you which songs were on that fucking disc, and to this day I occasionally get some mild panic when I hear one of them, not to mention the confusion when it isn't followed by the next song on the WEW playlist. I'd imagine the rest of my co-workers are now kept in some kind of silent care facility in case the opening bars of Wonderful Christmastime causes them to start killing again. Must be a brutal when Status Quo come on the radio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: Must be a brutal when Status Quo come on the radio It's ALWAYS brutal when Status Quo come on the radio. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 18 hours ago, scottsdad said: I bought a Christmas bathroom set complete with Santa toilet seat cover at the weekend. It's not touching the porcelain until December. There's no substitute for class. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 On 16/11/2023 at 22:35, Hedgecutter said: 'Last Christmas' by Wham! is by far the worst for bringing back the PTSD, closely followed by 'Merry Christmas Everyone', particularly the intro. It's not even a Christmas song. You substitute the word Christmas in that song for anything (July, Easter, Beltane, Eid) and it still holds up as there's no further mention of anything Christmassy in the song. It's a shite song about a break-up which they've cynically made into a Christmas song. I fucking hate that song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 I have my Christmas decorations up. Spoiler Up the fucking loft, where they belong 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 39 minutes ago, scottsdad said: I have my Christmas decorations up. Hide contents Up the fucking loft, where they belong I've got mine up anaw. Spoiler Don't own any. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 On 16/11/2023 at 13:36, scottsdad said: I bought a Christmas bathroom set complete with Santa toilet seat cover at the weekend. It's not touching the porcelain until December. Much like your dinner on 30th November. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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